Jita - She doesn’t wear a shirt because wearing shirts is weird where she lives. Only her head is "finished".

>>1014066 (OP)
The low(er) poly version. A true Aryan warrior.

>>1014067
Nora - A similar character design done in a different way. She’s a jungle elf. I will probably make a game with her first, assuming I ever get there.

>>1014068
Bosequias - Nora’s fighter golem companion that appeared to me in a dream. His body is just a blockout right now.

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>>1014067
Dang, I actually really like the design. Its not flashy and not overly engineered like alot of people. Excited to see more of your work OP

>>1014068
How do you come up with the design? Do you make your own reference sheets?

I have to be honest that for some reason low poly or highly stylized stuff just doesn't click in my brain well but I'm trying to learn. Probably I just need to make more models but figured Id ask someone who actually seems creative

>>1014066 (OP)
I think I remember you, were you posting a while back here?

>>1014067
>archaeological evidence does not support the validity of Aryan citizens
Stupid anon, you just want Nazi symbol in the game instead of being part of lore.


>>1014076
All references are based around Nazi concept that do not exist. AKA American culture trying to rewrite German culture. Nothing from American studies are true and you should not believe such nonsense.

>>1014088
Go back to baiting on /pol/. No one here cares

she's very cute OP, nice job

>>1014075
Thanks. I don't have much of a problem with flashy designs myself, but I can definitely say they’re not my thing. A lot of that has to do with the media I grew up with, things like Indiana Jones, Star Wars, the History channel (Ancient Aliens in particular), and nonfiction books like Eyewitness by DK Publishing. All of these things made me a big fan of history and earthy colors, so that works its way into what I make.

>>1014078
Yeah I post here every once in a while, but I spend much more time browsing. I probably started posing on this board in particular since late 2021.

>>1014088
I’m sorry for being a very bad boy.

>>1014093
Thanks

>>1014076
I’m probably not the best person to get advice from because my “workflow” is rather irregular and inefficient, and I don’t know much about making money, but I’ll give it my best go since you asked. Normally I like to start by studying my subject of interest by drawing because it helps me internalize the various contours, proportions, and details, but then I typically model without reference. I don’t do that on purpose most of the time, I just forget that references are something I can use when modeling, but I did make image planes for the first model, and that’s probably why it looks better than the others. Modeling without a reference can make a project take a while to complete, but sometimes taking a while can be a good thing, at least for the design of something. Nora in particular took me a span of 8 months to complete, but a lot of that time was spent not working on the model, then coming back to it and working out the kinks with a fresh eye.
The other part of it is about having well-developed creative muscles. I spent much of my youth playing with legos and doing origami, and both of those things help develop a sense of how to go about the creative process, and also develop the senses for shapes, proportions, and colors that look nice. Lego minifigures and MMORPGs with good character customization also helped develop my senses for character design specifically. Minecraft was also something I spent a lot of time on during my teenage years, and that was really good for architecture, environments, and atmosphere. What you pull inspiration from is also important, like with the media I listed in my previous reply.

>>1014095
I’ll go ahead and post the rest from this set since people on other boards tend to like them when I post them. I guess they’re vaguely 3dcg related since Minecraft is a program that happens to be 3d.

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>>1014097
One from a different build

>>1014094
The equine eel. I need to finish rigging this guy.

>>1014099
The textured version.

>>1014094
She does look better than back then

>>1014089
You asked ware nazi anon got his reference, this is the exact reason why you Americans are going to war. Your stupidity is going to kill you.

An example of a Chi Waran, an extraterrestrial “elf” race.

>>1014106
Do you mean the newest one compared to the lower poly one, or both of them compared to the one I made a few years ago? The new ones are a different character.

>>1014111
It is a sacred Hindu symbol saar please do the respectful. Thank you.

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>>1014113
The older version with an anime face.

>>1014114
The tree of the races in my fantasy setting. The idea with the golems is that they’re not really a “race”, but a loose collection of other living beings that have been altered/corrupted by technology and/or magic. The golems that aren’t enslaved form their own civilizations since the others outcast them for being abominable. They’re like cyborgs essentially.

>>1014112
Compared to the one from a few years ago, both look better proportioned from what I can remember. I don't think I saved the images from back then, though.

>>1014111
I wanted his design process not his political ideology retard

>>1014095
Thank you anon! Very insightful. I appreciate the mentions of how you developed your creativity. That has always been something I've struggled with but I think that's more because my creativity has been completely suppressed as a child.

Please continue to post more as you make them! I really like your designs (including the minecraft stuff!)

>>1014066 (OP)
love your style dude, gives me crash bandicoot / runescape vibes in the best possible way

>>1014113
>>1014112
Those horns are impractically long. Neck too long too.

Welcome back, I remember shitting on you. Your art style works extremely well in low poly, I truly love it.

>>1014112
No anon shut up, you got exposed for referencing a fake conspiracy that is not related to my German heritage. You are the one who needs to apologize to me.

>>1014125
I do have the renders for the pirate character I made. I don’t think anybody on this board got to see the finished model since I got caught in the crossfire of some drama that was going on in the WiP thread at the time, and my post got deleted even though I had posted NSFW before and gotten away with it. I don’t have much of anything of the previous model, but the guy who used to make the collages recognized me in a previous thread I made and posted it.

>>1014128
Thanks. I probably wouldn’t call it a “style” in the normal sense, but I do like playing a lot of old games, and take inspiration from them. My reasoning for that is that I wasn’t trying to go for anything too specific, I was just doing what made sense to me. I think a lot of people get caught up thinking about things like skill and style that they forget about what they’re actually making.

>>1014137
If her neck was shorter, how else would she be able to reach the greenest leaves? You don’t want her to starve do you?

>>1014144
To be fair, I have become tougher and braver over the past few years because of the way some people have treated me. I learned how to be good at being an attention whore too. If I’m going to post, I may as well make myself seen.
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/671708451/#671708451
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/679719859/#679719859
Most of the negative replies were from me bumping my threads in a way that seemed organic. I’m gonna make another one of these on /v/ eventually, so don’t blow my cover, guys.

>>1014127
I’ve gotta reply to you in a separate post again because I wrote you another essay.
>my creativity has been completely suppressed as a child
That reminds me of something I think could be useful to you. I stumbled upon a philosophical YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A7GTGSfrIU) a while back about the archetypes of the puer aeternus (boy eternal) - a boy who was never forced to grow up and has a bright imagination because of it, but typically lacks the ability to actualize his imagination because he refuses to engage with the real world, and the senex (old man) - a man who was forced to grow up too early, and hence had his imagination and spirituality crushed by his sense of practicality and duty. I suffer from the first archetype and have been trying to build myself over the past few years, and I think you may suffer from the second and could benefit from watching that video. These philosophical ideas do play a part in what I create. I’ve always found great joy in creative play, and I hate how sterile and practical the world is today. Everyone is overconcerned about being “right”, or doing things “the right way” that it squeezes the fun out of things. The world was more interesting when people believed in fairies and dragons and stuff like that, and that’s why I love shows like Ancient Aliens even though most of what they say in that show is dumb bullshit.

Pic related is something I had to make for a project back in high school. I don’t know what he is, but he’s ready for battle.

>>1014068
Here’s what Nora’s outfit looks like from behind. Business up front, party in the back.

>>1014179
An earlier version of her before I tweaked her eyes. I might try to recreate the render, but I didn’t save the pose, lighting setup, or camera angle.
https://files.catbox.moe/elc7zp.png

>>1014178
Anon don’t tell me you’re a conspiracy theorist. Theres a big difference between being a storyteller like from days past vs being a conspiracy theorist who doesn’t understand why Aryan citizens aren’t real and a insult to German society. How would you like to be called a British citizen of the American continent because that’s what you Americans people originated from. Not a native country born citizen but a foreigner born from previous ancestors who lied about their history,

Think about these things instead of bull rushing into /v/ that will call you out on your nazi story.

>>1014183
you must be a blast at parties

Kalchas the exoskeleton golem - definitely one of my raunchier designs, but not my worst idea. I had an idea for a character called “Ouroboros” that would turn himself into a wheel by sucking his own penis and attack the player by rolling around. It’s a terrible idea, but that’s what would make it so great.

>>1014183
I’m not a nazi, if that’s what you’re worried about, but I don’t think most people on this website would care either way. I put a swastika on her shield because I’m not beholden to a publisher and making money with my creations isn’t my top priority, so I can be an edgy shithead if I want.

>>1014187
Or should I say KalchASS

>>1014188

The crap - probably one of the best things I ever made.

>>1014178
I'm the guy who you've been writing too. Thank you anon! I will check it out. I am aware of the puer aeternus idea but have never looked into it very deeply.

Also don't listen to the haters. I appreciate your art and your thoughtful essays Anon =)

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>>1014180
Excellent Anon! Very tasteful

>>1014187
You’re not edgy for putting a religious symbol on a shield. Being edgy doesn’t mean following a conspiracy theory then turning into a game. Not once have you showed edgy and creative content. All you did was follow the false narrative of Aryan.

>>1014180
>>1014179
>>1014188

Are these renders or from the viewport? Can you post one from the viewport

>>1014196
I’m glad you care about my babbling. I used to write like that much more often, but people don’t usually seem to care.
I’m not really sure if I would say there are any “haters” in this thread though, it's going a lot better than I thought it would, it seems to me like it’s just one schizophrenic troll and then some legitimate criticism about the proportions of one of my characters, which I don’t happen to agree with since it’s a literal alien creature. The elves amazons are more normal looking since they adapted to live on the Earth.

>>1014209
They’re all Eevee renders, but there isn’t a huge visual difference between them and the material preview. I use Eevee for these renders since it works similarly to what game engines use, and on smooth shaded low poly models, it looks vaguely like vertex shading.

>>1014197
Here’s another one. It’s more explicit than what I usually make since she’s masturbating. I might try to tweak this scene later because I don’t quite like the way the lighting is hitting her face.
https://files.catbox.moe/szxyb8.png

>>1014225
Without Nora present. So liminal :o

A little off-topic, but my mom and I went through the attic to look for some old stuff. We found an origami book I used to enjoy a lot when I was younger and I made her the Ibex as a gift.

An attempt at a walking animation with Nora. The movement of the hair and arms could use a lot of work.

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>>1014224
You can’t call someone a troll if the conspiracy theory is on wikipedia and he himself is German with knowledge of history from both sides of the story. If anything you’re more trolling then him because at least anon there is telling you what will happen when normal people find out.

>>1014224
It's not babbling at all! I generally don't meet people with very thoughtful ideas and responses, at least not ones they voice. I can honestly related when people don't seem to care.

Are the aliens in the same world as the elf creatures or are they separate projects?

>>1014225
>>1014226
Loving these renders! You clearly put alot of effort into them!

I think the lighting works on her but I think I know what you mean. Maybe you could try some lighting (maybe reflected light?) from below? I think the shadow on her is just slightly too heavy. Otherwise I think its great! Also I think its just the right amount of explicit without really going too far. Its tastefully done.

>>1014224
It looks a bit different but that's mainly colors, I love how you handled the normals, even in the viewport they looks o nice

>>1014228
>>1014229
Your animations need some work though

>>1014228
>>1014230
I really like your style, OP.

>>1014068
Low-poly but high quality models aren't often seen. Nice style.
>>1014180
Dang good breasts
>>1014228
Try referencing real-life walk cycles. She looks like she's trudging through thick and sticky material like mud instead of each step smoothly transitioning into the next.

>>1014241
I think a big part of the lack of thoughtfulness is just that it can take a while to write a good response to something, and most people just don’t take their internet conversations very seriously, which makes sense most of the time because some people on the internet have both really poor reading comprehension and an inability to articulate themselves well. Another thing is that on boards like this one and /ic/, people (this usually includes myself) will refrain from attaching their work to their opinions since saying the wrong thing can result in someone obsessing over them and harassing them one-sidedly for an extended period of time, even over fairly inoffensive statements. I don’t normally see that happen on this board a lot, but /ic/ and /vg/agdg/ are particularly bad in that regard.

>>1014242
>>1014243
>>1014287
Thanks for the kind words. Animation is still one of my weak points, and I haven’t even gotten into music and sound design yet. I was planning on going through Richard Williams’ book soon since everyone holds it in high regard, and I’ll likely try my hand at some traditional animation to practice. Right now I’m trying to enhance my anatomy knowledge, and was planning on practicing cartooning some more so that I can model the rest of Jita’s body. This video is an example of some of my other animations in a “game”, which also need a lot of work.

>>1014241
>Are the aliens in the same world as the elf creatures or are they separate projects?
It was in that chart I posted earlier >>1014115
The idea with the Chi Wara and the two races that descended from them is that the Chi Wara come from a foreign planet where most of the female life is in the form of the typical mobile animal, while most of the male life is more “plantlike”, like a sponge or precambrian animal. Most female animals don’t breed with one “plant” in particular, and some animals do also have a male counterpart that is capable of moving.
During human prehistory, some Chi Wara settled on the Earth and taught humans agriculture and how to build civilizations.
Because of the way Chi Wara reproduce, they’re compatible with many different types of semen, including human semen, so some of the Chi Wara integrated into human society and eventually evolved into Amazons due to selective pressures.
The Elves are the descendants of the Chi Wara that decided to isolate themselves from the Earthly races, and ultimately went down a different evolutionary path, keeping some of their Chi Waran features while also adapting to the Earth’s environment. The Elves reproduce almost exclusively using the semen-producing crops they brought to the Earth ages ago since they consider it taboo to do otherwise, and this severely handicaps their population growth since those crops don’t grow well in the Earthen soil. The Elves scorn their sister race for their breeding with the Humans and think that the Earth men would be better off like plants. Most of the races on the Earth dislike the Elves, but their retention of the magical prowess of their Chi Waran ancestors is what prevents them from being wiped out.
None of this is the plot to any of the projects I have planned, just expository information. The “Earth” in this setting is just a fantasy parallel to the real Earth.

>>1014309
Another scene with Jita. She’s reading a book so she can get smart.

>>1014309
An example of an Amazon I made a while ago that some of you may remember me posting. She definitely has a problem with her neck-to-waist ratio, but that’s just what happens when one listens exclusively to his penis.

>>1014308
>People are disrespectful
Yet you don’t bother doing basic research like Chi Wara religion, the conspiracy theory of Aryan civilization and Buddhist. People will get angry at your false narrative and logic. Animation isn’t your only weakness, telling a story should become something people care to follow and not something you want in the end. It’s a curse and blessing to be a story teller, if you refusing to respect other people’s stories then they too will reject your opinion.

>>1014308
Yeah /ic/ and /vg/ are very heavily opinionated boards. I only posted work on /ic/ once a couple years ago and I decided to never do that again after the response.

Most people don't really want to have a full conversation, which I kind of get for an image board but still, its just nice to meet someone every once in a while that does take it seriously.

>>1014309
Oh I must have not seen the chart earlier.

Very interesting! Even if its not part of the plot, I like the exposition. Do you have any models of the "male" plant like creatures? I get the concept just more curious of what you're vision for that is, if you even plan to include them.

>>1014311
> but that’s just what happens when one listens exclusively to his penis

I don't see no problem with that, at least for the model :)

I like how you do the midsection with how its more of an exaggerated thinning. It really accentuates the rest of the model.

If you don't mind me asking, are you applying any sort of material to the model (the hair has that more plastic look to it in the bun piece). Are is this just a diffuse handpainted texture?

>>1014066 (OP)
Solid work, anon. I like the low poly style. Through, browsing through the images, I noticed inconsistencies with flat/low poly surfaces and rounded/higher poly surfaces. For example sometimes boobs have edges, sometimes they are perfectly round. Same with hair. Is this intentional? Has it a purpose? Or are you simply experimenting and looking for the right style and approach?

>>1014319
Yeah I’ve posted there on a few occasions as well. The OC redraw threads are fun sometimes, but occasionally someone will go berserk and try to ruin it for everyone else.

>>1014320
I haven’t made any of them yet, but I’m thinking a lot of them would look rather penisy. I haven’t designed many plants, and have only designed a few more creatures, so I’ll get into doing more studies of those types of things eventually.
Sometimes I like to go out into nature and look at all of the strange plants and animals (insects typically) and take inspiration from them. You’d be surprised at how many alien-looking things you can find really close to where you live.
Pic related is an insect I saw a couple weeks ago called a “wheel bug”. The pictures I took weren’t very good so I got this one from Google.

>>1014423
Nora, Bosequias, and Kalchas are the only ones that I have real plans for right now, and they’re meant to go together into the same project. I’m not really focused on having a particular style at the moment, I’m just doing what feels natural to me. Of course with a methodology like that, there’s bound to be inconsistencies. My reasoning is that there’s so many things to learn right now that trying to find a consistent style doesn’t feel like it should be a priority to me.

>>1014456
Here’s a creature I made based off of a lacewing. I gave it more of a hunchback to flatten the surface of its back so that it could be boarded and piloted by putting some type of cabin on it. I also figured that it could be hollowed out like in Morrowind. Its polycount looks insufficient when it’s at a large scale, but looks pretty normal when it’s regular sized. I haven’t done anything interesting with it yet.

>>1014321
This is the material for her skin. It’s been long enough since I made that material that I don’t quite remember what everything is for, but it’s not very complex. The hair is indeed just a BSDF with a solid color.

>>1014321
And if you like exaggerated proportions, I also have this thing. She’s not my proudest creation.

>>1014459
I kinda liked this version the most. I was thinking about low-poly-ifying her and the Amazon and adjusting their proportions and designs a bit. I was considering using her as a boss for the game with Nora and the others, and the Amazon would be for something else.
https://files.catbox.moe/kuro6s.png

>>1014459
I actually still like it alot! It weirdly works, even if its a little off lol

>>1014456
>reasoning is that there’s so many things to learn right now
Makes sense. Trying to perfect things from the start will only slow down the creation and learning process.

>>1014459
>>1014460
I like that style with the exaggerated proportions. In this particular example the legs are a tiny bit to large and I believe a simple scale down would fix it, but nonetheless it looks nice. Keep it up!

>>1014459
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>>1014476
>I like that style with the exaggerated proportions. In this particular example the legs are a tiny bit to large and I believe a simple scale down would fix it
I edited your image a bit to make more clear what I mean. I reduced the scale of the legs to 83% (in blender units from 1.000 to 0.830). Maybe I even overdid it a bit and you could use a scale of 90% even to retain more of the "exaggerated" look. But anyhow, I hope it helps visualizing the scaling options in this side by side comparison. I like your style so far.

>>1014465
>>1014476
Well I’m glad you guys like her anyways. With regards to her legs, I was thinking about maybe just making her float, but I might not since those legs were probably what I put the most work into. Either way, she’s going to have some type of adjustments made to her.
My idea for her was that she’s the queen of the golems (or at least a large population of them), and is a sorceress that specializes in anatomical modification magic, almost like a body mechanic. Pic related is what her body looked like when I started the project. Obviously I removed her breasts, but with her powers she would have the ability to stretch them out and squeeze them back in at will, like those cartoon characters that try to push their gut in and all of that mass goes to their feet or something, but with her it would go to her thighs/butt of course.

>>1014513
That’s actually a pretty good adjustment. I'll most likely do something like that.

I’m gonna go ahead and post some old scenes I remembered while digging around in my old projects. I have a few new ones I’ve been working on, and I’ll post them if I finish them and the thread is still up. Of course this is /3/, so I have more time than I probably need.

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>>1014519
My donut

>>1014514
>specializes in anatomical modification magic
>ability to stretch
reminded me of pic related. lmao

Glad you found the adjustment helpful. Looking forward to sneak peaks of more characters and game asset renders.

>>1014515
I like the lighting here. It's not flat like it usually happens with area lighs. Did you use any sort of volumetrics? Or is it done with gloom in compositor nodes perhaps? Is this rendered with AgX or Khronos?

The other renders are interesting too. They could even make up a captivating world to explore (assuming they get used as part of your game project or at least related to it).

>>1014520
I never finished my donut tutorial ... :(

https://files.catbox.moe/9vpu43.jpg
Gonna post another Nora thing since it’s been a few days. This is from a scene I’ve been trying to get finished, but my progress came to a halt because Bosequias is a part of it and I haven’t finished him yet.
I partially created this thread because I wasn’t quite in the mood to do any 3d modeling at the moment, so I’ve mostly been doing origami, drawing, and I even coded again for the first time in 3 weeks. So of course, I haven’t gotten much 3d work done.

>>1014637
It had been a while since I worked on that scene, but the simplicity of the lighting surprised me when I opened it back up to investigate. I used a sun light to create the sharp sunspots on the floor, then I used some point lights in the middle of the windows for something that has falloff while also intensifying the light around the windows themselves. I don’t believe I did much else with it.
Sometimes when I create scenes I do it to get simple ideas out of my head, and some of these ideas even come from my dreams. I guess it’s a way of cataloging my ideas so I can use some of them later when I go and finally design a game world.

>>1014810
I believe I’ve finalized Bosequias’ design. Now I just need to turn his anatomy blockout into a unified mesh, then rig him. His legs were the thing I got caught up on the most. I tried giving him more human-looking legs but it just didn’t seem to fit. Eventually I decided on more frog-like anatomy, and I think that suits him much better.

>>1014811
And here’s an old project of a click beetle I decided to finish. I gained a curiosity for them because I usually find them wandering around in my room during the summer. Click beetles aren’t known to damage things or carry diseases, so I don’t mind them being around. Plus they’re fun.
I had to dig through scientific papers to figure out how to model one of these guys since there doesn’t seem to be many artistic resources for beetle anatomy, let alone click beetle anatomy. I was planning on eventually making a new one since I have a few click beetle carcasses sealed away in ziploc bags that I can study.
I had an idea for another character that had an upwards-facing beetle as a head, and the beetle's elytra were shaped like a mask.

>>1014812
Click beetle in the 90s liminalrooms with marble architecture and random objects floating in the background, as is customary. This is more of a test render, as I have something more grand planned for the beetle.

>>1014814
In the abyss.

>>1014810
>>1014811
>https://files.catbox.moe/9vpu43.jpg
Booba!
Anyhow, i am wondering a bit ... There are some certain parts of Bosequias censored. Is the game going to be some sort of lewd-game, or is the nudity just an artistic style/choice?

>Sunlight and point lights
Interesting. It's a simple setup indeed and i am surprised about the result. I definitely will try that sometime. In my scenes the light always looks super flat, like there is no air/atmosphere whatsoever. I don't know how to describe it. Basically, my lighting sucks as of right now ...

>>1014812
>Beetles in ziplocks
Lmao, I used to do that too. Sort of.
I collected all sorts of tiny creatures, mostly spiders, and stored them in a tiny glass container with a lid for further study under a microscope.

>>1014814
Yep, the 90s vibes are strong. Can't wait for the grand reveal of the click beetle!

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>>1014815
>click beetle
Pyrophorus, click beetles that glow in the dark,just a idea =^)

did you do anything more with the little eel guy? is he rigged? can you do a turnaround?

>>1014810
I have so many Lennie and I need more

>>1014066 (OP)
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>>1014068
so this is where you were droopy boobs indian shaman poster

>>1014948
Are you telling us, that there are more images of Noras boobas and maybe other to be found too? :0

>>1014953
Bump for booba

>>1014872
>There are some certain parts of Bosequias censored. Is the game going to be some sort of lewd-game
My intention isn’t necessarily to create a lewd game, but rather a crude game, or at least a weird one. With my interest in history, I have always had a liking for artifacts and artwork from foreign and primitive cultures, and I’m fascinated by how these artifacts can range wildly from possessing a very strange and alien sense of beauty, all the way to a profound level of ugliness and obscenity, and even a sense of terror that you don’t see anywhere else. Sub-Saharan artwork is one of my favorites because of how intensely it exhibits these qualities. Because these come from cultures that differ from ours, they have different ideas of what is socially acceptable, and the casual depiction of genitals is common. That combination of the erotic and the grotesque is something that gets my blood flowing, as it fills me with an indescribable emotion like no other. To summarize, I am just a genuine weirdo, and that’s why Bosequias has his cock and balls out.

>In my scenes the light always looks super flat, like there is no air/atmosphere whatsoever
I’m probably not the best person to go to for lighting advice because the way I set up my lighting can be rather haphazard, but the thing that helps me the most is having a sense of mood for the scene I want to create. I ask myself how I want to feel if I were in the environment I’m creating. What would make this scene emotionally or aesthetically impactful? A lot of the time when I’m out and about, if I’m in a place that feels nice to be in, I will take note of what color the lighting is and where it’s coming from. It’s more of a subconscious process, but observing effective lighting (not necessarily good lighting) can help develop the senses.

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>>1015087
Booba delivery
https://files.catbox.moe/f7t7nb.png
The thread is probably going to stay slow from now on since I’ve been trying to get back to work on things.

>>1014948
Yes, I’ve been here this whole time.

>>1015190
The original version
https://files.catbox.moe/9kbl28.png
I changed the architecture to blue and white since it lets her body stand out more against the background.

>>1015191
Here’s a bonus project that I started a little bit ago and haven’t worked on much. It’s just a rough idea, but I wanted to get to it eventually. It probably won’t be the next thing I get to though.
https://files.catbox.moe/vn0u8a.png

>>1015192
One more
https://files.catbox.moe/rb750f.png

>>1014892
It’s mostly rigged, but the flexibility of its legs is limited.

>>1014879
I’ll put that into consideration. I may have to save that idea for the next beetle since this one’s topology might make it difficult to add that detail.

>>1015194
Rigging this thing's neck was probably the biggest pain in the ass ever

>>1015195
I may as well go ahead and post some drawings. These served as the prototypes for the model I made.

>>1015197
A sketch I made for a "crowned" variant.

>>1015189
>... liking for artifacts and artwork from foreign and primitive cultures ...
I see. The sub-saharan influence is certainly visible in your works. It's a rather uncommon interest and choice of style nowadays, but the more it evokes curiosity. Combined with the liminal spaces, the visuals become something unique.

On that note: Nice job with the eel-guy. It deserves just as much appreciation as the boobas.
I totally dig Noras outfit. Especially the glasses are a nice touch on her.

>... observing effective lighting ...
Yes, that's definitely helpful and a good tip in my books. Lately I have started to be more mindful and observing when it comes to the atmosphere of places I am visiting. Places that have some sort of emotional impact on myself. Or simply analysing works by other artists. But at the same time there is the technical aspect - I certainly need more experience with Blender and its tools/settings to achieve the results I envision. It feels like I am lacking in that department ... practice makes perfect, I guess ...

Also Blender 4.5 dropped yesterday with many new changes. Got me excited to work on some projects again too.

>>1015190
>The thread is probably going to stay slow from now on since I’ve been trying to get back to work on things.
Best of luck with your work and progress.